Duterte talks about death penalty, summary executions in Davao

Davao City mayor Rody Duterte has spoken about his stance on death penalty and summary executions in a video that has gone viral recently.

In the interview, the hard-hitting local chief executive said he had once argued with then congressman Joker Arroyo at the house of representatives because he is against the abolition of the death penalty.

Duterte represented Davao City's 1st district at the House of Representatives from June 30, 1998 up to June 30, 2001.

According to him, death penalty is necessary to decongest jails.

Citing the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, he said the problem will be solved if 10 prisoners with death sentences will be killed daily. "How much more if there will be 50 executions in a day?" he asked in Filipino.

Duterte said death penalty should be imposed rather than extrajudicial executions.